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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Poetry Friday Appreciating

Paul Hankins, at These 4 Corners, is hosting us on Poetry Friday today. Thanks Paul!

I'm back in the classroom again, have written a number of times about it, the pleasure of being with students all day, and the challenges of moving into the rhythm of teaching full time again. Today, I'd like to share my writing with students about a perfect morning.

"Brain clouds float inside" is exquisite.I have read this 3 times now.I too am wondering about that student's sigh...Thunderstruck by the potential in the wide world for this Linda.This beautiful poem is the kind of transportive moment that ends up between the covers. I hope you return to this one. Appreciations for your being in the classroom, for having the intuitive touch that I feel from these words & for your creating this poem.

Hope your students know how lucky they are to have as their teacher someone who plays Mozart, who notices the small details of the morning, who hears the pencils scratch and hears someone sigh....a teacher who writes poetry! Lovely photo, too...is that actually a view out the school window? That is mesmerizing.